Sask. real estate agent adopts the bitcoin

The growing popularity of the bitcoin, a global digital currency, has prompted a Saskatoon real estate agent to incorporate it into his business. The bitcoin was created by computer programmers, and is independent of all other currencies, stock markets and exchange rates. It's value still does change, much like stocks — except it exists in cyber space. 'You could probably live off of the food you can buy online with bitcoin today.' —Jeff Cliff Paul Chavady is a Saskatoon real estate agent who has adopted the bitcoin into his business model. He is now accepting bitcoins for his services. Theoretically, a prospective buyer could offer a down payment for a house Chavady sells using bitcoins. For him and his partner, Jerry Hallgrimson, the decision to offer the bitcoin option was an easy one. "If a person comes in and says I have American money versus Canadian money, of course...